Asian Junior Chess Championship

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The Asian Junior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament open to players in Asia and Oceania (FIDE Zones 3.1 to 3.7) who are under 20 years of age. The tournament has been held annually since 1977 with occasional interruptions. Since 1985, a separate Asian championship for girls has also been organized. [1] Since at least 1996, the two championships have always been held concurrently. [2]

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Competition

The championships are organized by national federations affiliated with the Asian Chess Federation. They are open to chess players who are under 20 years of age as of 1 January of the year in which the championship is held. [3] The championships are organized as a round-robin or a Swiss-system tournament depending on the number of participants. Since 2006, the open championship has been a nine-round Swiss. [4]

The winners of the open and girls' championships earn the right to participate in the next year's World Junior Chess Championships. [5] In the open championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Grandmaster title. In the girls' championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the Woman International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Woman Grandmaster title. [6]

Results

Open championship

Results are taken from Olimpbase [4] unless otherwise indicated.

YearHost cityWinner
1977 Baguio, Philippines Flag of New Zealand.svg  Murray Chandler  (NZL)
1978 Tehran, Iran Flag of India.svg  Vaidyanathan Ravikumar  (IND)
1979 Sivakasi, India Flag of Singapore.svg  Wong Meng Kong  (SIN)
1980 Baguio, Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg  Domingo Ramos  (PHI)
1981 Dhaka, Bangladesh Flag of the Philippines.svg  Ricardo de Guzman  (PHI)
1982 Baguio, Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg  Marlo Micayabas  (PHI)
1983 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Flag of Indonesia.svg  Ruben Gunawan  (INA) [7]
1984 Coimbatore, India Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (IND)
1985 Hong Kong Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (IND)
1986 Manila, Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg  Enrico Sevillano  (PHI)
1988 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Shane Hill  (AUS) [8]
1989 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Flag of the Philippines.svg  Rogelio Barcenilla  (PHI)
Feb 1991 Kozhikode, India Flag of the Philippines.svg  Rogelio Barcenilla  (PHI) [9]
Sep 1991 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Flag of Indonesia.svg  Andi Supardi Suhendra  (INA) [10]
1992 Doha, Qatar Flag of Mongolia.svg  Khatanbaatar Bazar  (MGL) [11]
1993 Doha, Qatar Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyen Khai  (VIE) [12]
1994 Shah Alam, Malaysia Flag of the Philippines.svg  Nelson Mariano II  (PHI)
1995 Tehran, Iran Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Darmen Sadvakasov  (KAZ) [13]
1996 Macau Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Wenjin  (CHN)
1997 Jaipur, India Flag of India.svg  Abhijit Kunte  (IND)
1998 Rasht, Iran Flag of India.svg  Tejas Bakre  (IND)
1999 Vũng Tàu, Vietnam Flag of India.svg  Krishnan Sasikiran  (IND)
2000 Mumbai, India Flag of India.svg  Tejas Bakre  (IND)
2001 Tehran, Iran Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyễn Thanh Sơn  (VIE)
2002 Marawila, Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  J. Deepan Chakkravarthy  (IND)
2003 Negombo, Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  Magesh Chandran Panchanathan  (IND)
2004 Bikaner, India Flag of India.svg  Subramanian Arun Prasad  (IND)
2006 New Delhi, India Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn  (VIE)
2007 Mumbai, India Flag of India.svg  Karthikeyan Pandian  (IND)
2008 Chennai, India Flag of India.svg  Ashwin Jayaram  (IND)
2009 Colombo, Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  Ashwin Jayaram  (IND)
2010 Chennai, India Flag of India.svg  Baskaran Adhiban  (IND)
2011 Colombo, Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  Shyam Sundar M.  (IND)
2012 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Flag of India.svg  Srinath Narayanan  (IND)
2013 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Flag of India.svg  Srinath Narayanan  (IND)
2014 Tagaytay, Philippines Flag of India.svg  Srinath Narayanan  (IND)
2015 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Flag of Iran.svg  Masoud Mosadeghpour  (IRI)
2016 New Delhi, India Flag of India.svg  Aravindh Chithambaram  (IND)
2017 Shiraz, Iran Flag of Iran.svg  Masoud Mosadeghpour  (IRI)
2018 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Flag of Indonesia.svg  Novendra Priasmoro  (INA)
2019 Surakarta, Indonesia Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyễn Anh Khôi  (VIE)
2022 Tagaytay, Philippines Flag of India.svg  Harshavardhan G B  (IND)

Girls' championship

Results between 1988 and 1996 are incomplete. Later results are taken from Olimpbase [14] unless otherwise indicated.

YearHost cityWinner
1985 Adelaide, Australia Flag of India.svg  Anupama Abhyankar  (IND)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Audrey Wong  (MAS) [15] [16]
1988 Adelaide, Australia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xie Jun  (CHN) [lower-alpha 1]
1991 Philippines [18]  ?
1993 Adelaide, Australia Flag of India.svg  Saheli Dhar  (IND) [19]
1994 Shah Alam, Malaysia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Chen  (CHN) [20]
1996 Macau Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Yuhua  (CHN) [2]
1997 Jaipur, India Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Ruofan  (CHN) [21]
1998 Rasht, Iran Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyễn Thị Dung  (VIE)
1999 Vũng Tàu, Vietnam Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Yu  (CHN) [22]
2000 Mumbai, India Flag of India.svg  Koneru Humpy  (IND)
2001 Tehran, Iran Flag of India.svg  M. Kasturi  (IND)
2002 Marawila, Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  Tania Sachdev  (IND)
2003 Negombo, Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  Prathiba Yuvarajan  (IND)
2004 Bikaner, India Flag of Vietnam.svg  Hoàng Thị Bảo Trâm  (VIE)
2006 New Delhi, India Flag of India.svg  Mary Ann Gomes  (IND)
2007 Mumbai, India Flag of India.svg  Mary Ann Gomes  (IND)
2008 Chennai, India Flag of India.svg  Mary Ann Gomes  (IND)
2009 Colombo, Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  Padmini Rout  (IND)
2010 Chennai, India Flag of Vietnam.svg  Võ Thị Kim Phụng  (VIE)
2011 Colombo, Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  Bhakti Kulkarni  (IND)
2012 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Flag of India.svg  Ivana Maria Furtado  (IND)
2013 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Flag of Vietnam.svg  Võ Thị Kim Phụng  (VIE)
2014 Tagaytay, Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg  Mikee Charlene Suede  (PHI)
2015 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova  (UZB)
2016 New Delhi, India Flag of Mongolia.svg  Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh  (MGL)
2017 Shiraz, Iran Flag of India.svg  Ivana Maria Furtado  (IND)
2018 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Flag of Mongolia.svg  Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh  (MGL)
2019 Surakarta, Indonesia Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Assel Serikbay  (KAZ)
2022 Tagaytay, Philippines Flag of Vietnam.svg  Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong  (VIE)

Notes

  1. In 1988, the Asian Girls' Junior Championship was incorporated into the World Girls' Junior Championship. Xie Jun tied for second place and received the Asian title as the highest-placed player from Asia. [17]

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